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title: So the next morning heralds were sent forth throughout the whole lan… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 41

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So the next morning heralds were sent forth throughout the whole land to inquire if anyone knew where a maiden could be found who lived in a forest on the top of a tree, and to promise great riches and a place at court to any person who should find her.

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**Who acts:** anyone, person · **What happens:** send, inquire, know, find, live, promise · **To what, where:** next morning heralds, maiden, forest, great riches, person, court · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (anyone, person), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg2435:10:41
# text = So the next morning heralds were sent forth throughout the whole land to inquire if anyone knew where a maiden could be found who lived in a forest on the top of a tree, and to promise great riches and a place at court to any person who should find her.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	heralds	herald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	inquire	inquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	nsubj	_	_
17	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
18	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	23	advmod	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	ccomp	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	ccomp	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
39	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
44	at	at	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	48	det	_	_
48	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
49	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
50	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	acl:relcl	_	_
52	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | the next morning heralds |  |  | throughout the whole land | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **find** | could · passive |  | a maiden |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 5 | **live** | past |  |  |  | a forest |  | on the top of a tree | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location |
| 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive |  | great riches and a place | any person | court |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent rich=Theme to person=Goal |
| 7 | **find** | should | any person | person |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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